Daigo Higa

Daigo Higa (比嘉 大吾, Higa Daigo, born August 9, 1995) is a Japanese professional boxer who held the WBC flyweight title from 2017 to 2018.

Amateur career[]

Higa turned pro at the age of 18, after a brief amateur career where he accrued a 36–8 record.^[1]

Professional career[]

Higa's manager is Boxing Hall of Fame member Yoko Gushiken.^[2] Higa made his professional debut in June 2014, defeating Saengkeng Saknarong by technical knockout less than a minute into the first round. He won his first title by stopping previously undefeated Thai fighter Kongfah CP Freshmart in 7 rounds to claim the WBC Youth flyweight title. He went on to defend that title twice before claiming the OPBF flyweight belt against Filipino gatekeeper Ardin Diale. Higa broke down and battered Diale with body shots, eventually stopping him in round 4.^[3]

On 2017, Higa won a world championship in his first try, defeating Juan Hernández by technical knockout to become the WBC flyweight title. Hernández had won the title earlier that year against Nawaphon Por Chokchai and was scheduled to make his first defense against Higa. However, he lost his belt at the scales due to coming in over the weight limit. Higa dominated Hernández, dropping him five times over the course over the fight before the referee finally stopped the contest.^[4] With the win, Higa became Okinawa's first boxing world champion since Akinobu Hiranaka.^[5] After becoming a world champion, Higa said his goals were facing WBA champion Kazuto Ioka in a flyweight unification bout and breaking Japan's record of 15 consecutive knockouts.^[6]

Professional boxing record[]

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
20	Loss	17–2–1	Ryosuke Nishida	UD	12	24 Apr 2021	Convention Center, Ginowan, Japan	Lost WBO Asia Pacific bantamweight title
19	Win	17–1–1	Yuki Strong Kobayashi	TKO	5 (12), 0:45	31 Dec 2020	Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Won WBO Asia Pacific bantamweight title
18	Draw	16–1–1	Seiya Tsutsumi	MD	10	26 Oct 2020	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
17	Win	16–1	Jason Buenaobra	TKO	6 (8), 2:25	13 Feb 2020	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
16	Loss	15–1	Cristofer Rosales	TKO	9 (12), 1:42	15 Apr 2018	Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan
15	Win	15–0	Moisés Fuentes	KO	1 (12), 2:32	4 Feb 2018	Prefectural Budokan, Naha, Japan	Retained WBC flyweight title
14	Win	14–0	Thomas Masson	TKO	7 (12), 1:10	22 Oct 2017	Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan	Retained WBC flyweight title
13	Win	13–0	Juan Hernández	TKO	6 (12), 2:58	20 May 2017	Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan	Won vacant WBC flyweight title
12	Win	12–0	Diomel Diocos	TKO	4 (10), 2:29	4 Feb 2017	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
11	Win	11–0	Felipe Cagubcob Jr.	KO	4 (12), 2:55	5 Nov 2016	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Retained OPBF flyweight title
10	Win	10–0	Ardin Diale	KO	4 (12), 2:39	2 Jul 2016	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Won OPBF flyweight title
9	Win	9–0	Romel Oliveros	KO	2 (10), 2:19	5 Apr 2016	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Retained WBC Youth flyweight title
8	Win	8–0	Renren Tesorio	TKO	10 (10), 2:05	7 Nov 2015	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Retained WBC Youth flyweight title
7	Win	7–0	Kongfah CP Freshmart	KO	7 (10), 1:01	24 Jul 2015	Siam Paradise Entertainment Centre, Bangkok, Thailand	Won vacant WBC Youth flyweight title
6	Win	6–0	Cris Alfante	KO	4 (6), 0:37	8 Jun 2015	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
5	Win	5–0	Virden Rivera	KO	2 (6), 2:55	10 May 2015	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
4	Win	4–0	Pongpayu Chaiyonggym	TKO	2 (6), 1:36	12 Jan 2015	Culture Center, Hongcheon, South Korea
3	Win	3–0	Keisuke Fujji	TKO	1 (4), 1:20	26 Nov 2014	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2	Win	2–0	Rotthang Wor Por Srisaket	TKO	2 (4), 2:40	22 Aug 2014	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1	Win	1–0	Saengkeng Saknarong	TKO	1 (4), 0:50	17 Jun 2014	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

See also[]

• List of flyweight boxing champions
• List of Japanese boxing world champions

References[]

External links[]

• Boxing record for Daigo Higa from BoxRec